Most frequently requested novel at Peking University library in 2016 was a translated Japanese crime fiction title

[UPDATED: 7-3-2017]

In 2016, a novel by the Japanese crime-writer Keigo Higashino, Mysterious Night, was the third most frequently borrowed book at Peking University Library.

According to an analysis by the library, only two books, both non-fiction academic related titles, an introduction to psychology and an account of mass hysteria in 18th Century China, were borrowed more often by students at the university, which is considered one of China’s most prestigious and most difficult to gain entry to.

Higashino also had the two most requested and reserved books at Peking University Library,The Miracle in the Grocery Store, andJourney Under the Midnight Sun. The only other novel in the top ten was Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1903-1950), the seventh most borrowed book at the library.